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Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
MCALLEN, Texas – At Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, members of the community, most of them volunteers at a respite center for immigrants at Sacred Heart parish hall, were invited to a special event by ABC News, but were not informed in advance of just how special that event would be. People started arriving at […]
Global
VATICAN CITY – Celebrating Mass with his former doctoral students and a new generation of scholars of his work, retired Pope Benedict XVI focused his homily on the importance of finding “truth, love and goodness” in God. Now 88, Pope Benedict has met annually since the 1970s with what is known as the “Ratzinger schulerkreis” […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – “Individual reflection and action is critical” when it comes to improving the conditions of workers in the United States and elsewhere, said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement. “We are in need of […]
National
By Mike Nelson
LOS ANGELES – Veteran Los Angeles Dodgers’ announcer Vin Scully will likely retire after the 2016 season, his 67th announcing games for the franchise. The beloved 87-year-old broadcaster — once voted by fans as the “Most Popular Dodger” of all – said Aug. 28 he will return for one more season, but on Aug. 29 […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
The relationship between an aspiring DJ (Zac Efron) and his musical mentor (Wes Bentley) is threatened when the protege falls for his patron’s live-in girlfriend (Emily Ratajkowski). Alongside this casually physical love triangle, director and co-writer Max Joseph sets up a hackneyed conflict between the youthful hero’s artistic ambitions and the pressure to settle for […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – People make special preparations for welcoming a special guest, and watching what worked and did not work in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay may help people preparing for Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September. Some of the plans, however, will require common-sense adjustments, especially because the U.S. Secret Service is […]
Local
By Mike Flach
Liz Schiavone, president of the Arlington Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (ADCCW), recently wrote a letter to Pope Francis in which she praised Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde’s support of women and families during his 16 years as thw diocese’s shepherd. Schiavone read the letter Aug. 28 at the organization’s annual luncheon and presented Bishop […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
Hospitals, prisons, battlegrounds – these are the dramatic life-or-death settings where you would expect to find chaplains guiding the wayward and administering last rites. But director Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary, “Chaplains,” shows that chaplains from various faith traditions also offer pastoral care in little-known locations: Tyson Foods processing plants, NASCAR race tracks, the U.S. Congress […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – In an extraordinary gesture for the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has extended to priests worldwide the authority to absolve women for the sin of abortion and has decreed the full validity during the year of the sacrament of confession celebrated by priests of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X. “This […]
Schools
When students of Seton School in Manassas arrive for the first day of school, they will notice many changes. Fresh paint throughout the school brightens hallways and classrooms. New lockers, new bleachers and a completely refinished gym floor await the students. Work that continues on the new chapel. During the summer, the walls were prepared […]
